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American Airlines Opens Its Door to a Merger

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Mike Spector,

Susan Carey and

Anupreeta Das

Updated July 10, 2012 8:23 p.m. ET

American Airlines parent AMR Corp. plans to formally sound out potential partners about a merger or other investment deal in coming weeks, the company said, setting the stage for a showdown over the airline's path out of bankruptcy.

Any merger proposals would be weighed against an independent restructuring plan being developed by AMR, with the carrier's bondholders, unions and other parties jockeying over which deal would give them...

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